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English
Etymology
Deverbal from lock up.
Pronunciation
Noun
lockup (plural lockups)
- (slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
- Coordinate terms: jail, prison
He's in lockup for 30 days for drunk and disorderly.
- (UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.
Joe keeps his other car in a lockup downtown.
- (mechanical engineering) A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake torque, causing the affected wheel(s) to skid.
- (computing) A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.
- (printing, historical) A device for locking type into position for printing.
- (marketing, by extension) A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.
Usage notes
Regarding terms for incarceration locations, see jail § Usage notes.
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